Match-box.



No. 819,603. PATENTED MAY 1, 1906. J. W. SAUNDERS.

MATCH BOX.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.4,1905

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed December 4, 1905. Serial No. 290,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES W. SAUNDERS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Reynolds, in the county of Rock Island, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Boxes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to match-boxes, and has for its object to provide a device of this kind arranged to discharge matches therefrom one at a time.

Another object is to rovide a box which will be extremely simp e and efficient and which may be manufactured at a low figure.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a front end View. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view showing the cover removed. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the lid, partly in section.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a hollow body portion 5, having a removable cover 6 at one end. Secured within the body ortion in spaced relation to the top thereof and adjacent to the latter there is a horizontal partition 7, and secured within the lower portion of the body portion there is a plate 8, bent to form downwardly-convergent wings 9 and a depending connectin -gutter 10, the wings being secured at t eir outer edges to the walls of the body ortion and extendin lon itudinally thereo The gutter lies be ow the central longitudinal axis of the partition 7 and slants downwardly toward the cover 6. A plate 11 has its upper portion turned laterally, as shown at 12, and secured against the under face of the partition 7, the plate thus depending from the partition and extending between the wings 7.

The cover 6 includes a wall 12, which receives the end of the body portion therewithin, and the end of the plate 8 which lies adjacent to the cover is beveled downwardly and outwardly to extend at its lower portion into the inclosure of this wall and beyond the end of the body portion, the cover 6 being held in spaced relation to the end of the body portion by a guide 13, located within the cover. This guide is held in position by means of a plate 13, disposed thereacross and secured to the wall 12 of the cover. An opening 14 is formed in the cover at the lower portion thereof and opposite to the end of the gutter 10 to receive matches from the latter, and mounted in the guide there is a slide 15, movable into and out of position to close the opening 14, a spring 16 being provided and arran ed to hold the slide normally in position to c ose the opening.

A vertical slot 17 is formed in the cover 6,

and slidably engaged therein there is a button 18, connected with the slide for movement of the latter into and out of operative position.

When in use, matches are disposed within the compartment below the partition 7 at opposite sides of the plate 1 1, and extra matches may be dis osed above the partition. The matches wil pass downwardly into the gutter 10, as will be readily understood, and when it is desired to discharge a match from the box it is only necessary to move the slide 15 into ino erative position and then tilt the box forward y toward its open end to cause the match to slide through the opening 14.

What is claimed is A match-box comprising a hollow body portion having an open end, a removable closure for the open end, said closure having an opening therein at its lower portion, a slide movable into and out of position to close the opening, means for holding the slide yieldably in operative position, a pin carried by the slide for movement of the latter a ainst the action of the sprin a longitudinally-extending gutter disposed within the body portion in position to discharge matches therefrom through the opening of the closure, upwardly-divergent wings carried by the gutter and resting against the sides of the body portion, and a vertical plate secured within the body portion and lying with its lower portion between and in spaced relation to the wings.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES W. SAUNDERS.

Witnesses W. SCHOONMAKER, J. E. LEE. 

